With the new GCSE system about to take full effect, and the top mark (now a ‘9’) reserved for only 3% of the country, we have to ask ourselves – has testing in this country gone too far? Along with funding cuts for teachers, and rigorous testing beginning at an ever earlier age, it begs the question if we’re teaching our children that ‘good grades’ are more important that imparting knowledge and the joy of learning.

Tutoring, in my eyes, has entered a new phase in recent years. Where once it was the side plate to the main dish of regular schooling. With this in mind, I thought it would be interesting to examine just how these two worlds coexist – or clash – within the sphere of education. Are ‘teaching’ and ‘tutoring’ a match made in heaven?